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the massacre in aurora, colorado. we also have a survivor of that attack, and the man whose brother was injured in the shooting at the empire state building. they're all here to speak out in solidarity with the people of newtown, connecticut. first in lee shull. you're leading a campaign really from newtown. tell me about this. >> piers, thank you for having me on. first i want to express my condolences to everybody in our community suffering through this, not only the 27 victims, but the children and the teachers that experienced the tragedy themselves. they are suffering from this and have to relive these events. so our hearts go out to them. >> what is it that you would most like to see happen? we heard the president yesterday talk very passionately about the need to do something, that doing nothing was no longer an option. what should that something be? >> i think it's a multitude of things, piers. it's reasonable gun control. it's looking at emotional instability. it's empathy and compassion for our fellow human
the massacre in aurora, colorado. we also have a survivor of that attack, and the man whose brother was injured in the shooting at the empire state building. they're all here to speak out in solidarity with the people of newtown, connecticut. first in lee shull. you're leading a campaign really from newtown. tell me about this. >> piers, thank you for having me on. first i want to express my condolences to everybody in our community suffering through this, not only the 27 victims, but the...
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james holmes in aurora, shot 70 people. he killed 12. i spoke to the parents of one of the people he killed just now. this debate is not about the right to defend yourself in a home. it's about why america continues to allow deranged, young people to buy these semiautomatic ar-15s. i don't get it. you explain to me why, other than riots of 20 years ago, they should continue to easily purchase or steal these weapons? >> to be able to have a gun. piers, deranged people shouldn't be able to have a gun. if we talk about that, that's one thing. but your position basically is nobody should have a gun. you think the second amendment defends muskets as you tweeted. >> that's not my position at all. >> you tweeted that. >> i was talking about the way -- >> i have a copy of the tweet right here. >> i know what i tweeted. i tweeted it. it was my tweet. here's what i said. i said when the founders -- it's not funny. why are you laughing? >> because you're not telling the truth. >> stop laughing. it looks creepy. all right? let me turn to you, dan gr
james holmes in aurora, shot 70 people. he killed 12. i spoke to the parents of one of the people he killed just now. this debate is not about the right to defend yourself in a home. it's about why america continues to allow deranged, young people to buy these semiautomatic ar-15s. i don't get it. you explain to me why, other than riots of 20 years ago, they should continue to easily purchase or steal these weapons? >> to be able to have a gun. piers, deranged people shouldn't be able to...
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and just think of it, brian, columbine, virginia tech, aurora. you start to see a pattern. and what is that pattern? anger, loneliness, social awkwardness, and, of course, access to guns. and the number that brian referenced, 1 out of 17, underscoring that, only one-third of those people get any kind of mental health problem. so here's the real concern. less than 10% of our health care dollars are spent on mental healthcare. and that means that the very wealthy can pay out of pocket. the very poor, there's a little bit of a safety net with medicaid. and everyone in between basically falls through that safety net. and that's what really has a lot of people concerned today. one person who we spoke with, a father who has battled the privacy issues that sometimes bar parents from getting access to their kids' records said tonight, and i'm going to quote him. he said, "it's easier to get an assault rifle today in the united states than it is to get adequate mental health care and that's wrong." and i think speaking on behalf of parents like you and me and american citizens, you
and just think of it, brian, columbine, virginia tech, aurora. you start to see a pattern. and what is that pattern? anger, loneliness, social awkwardness, and, of course, access to guns. and the number that brian referenced, 1 out of 17, underscoring that, only one-third of those people get any kind of mental health problem. so here's the real concern. less than 10% of our health care dollars are spent on mental healthcare. and that means that the very wealthy can pay out of pocket. the very...
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. >> our daughter jessica was killed in aurora on july 20th of this year. >> reporter: demanding new gun regulations. calling the massacre a tipping point, the mayors of the nation's biggest cities today issued an open letter calling on congress and the president to ban assault weapons and high-capacity magazines. and to strengthen the national background check system, eliminating gun show loopholes. the nation's largest police union also came out in support of a new assault weapons ban. but while some influential democrats are speaking out in support of a gun law, today the first signs of opposition from republicans. >> we did have an assault weapons ban for ten years. the crime rate was going down before it. the crime rate when it was lifted continued to go down. >> reporter: the nra is promising a news conference on friday. meanwhile in michigan, the republican governor today vetoed a bill that would have allowed concealed weapons at churches and at schools. brian? >> tom costello our d.c. news room. >>> meanwhile in newtown, four days now after this tragedy at the elementary scho
. >> our daughter jessica was killed in aurora on july 20th of this year. >> reporter: demanding new gun regulations. calling the massacre a tipping point, the mayors of the nation's biggest cities today issued an open letter calling on congress and the president to ban assault weapons and high-capacity magazines. and to strengthen the national background check system, eliminating gun show loopholes. the nation's largest police union also came out in support of a new assault weapons...
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he said today from aurora, "our hearts go out to the people of newtown." colorado's senator michael bennet said today, "as coloradans, we know how this type of tragedy can shake a community to its core. we are here for connecticut today." colorado's governor, john hickenlooper, he said, "we know too well what impact this kind of violence has on a community." he said that the first thing he wanted to do today was talk to his counterpart governor in connecticut, dan malloy. governor hickenlooper said, "i cannot put into words how impossible it seems to me that this can happen again so suddenly." virginia tech was the site of a mass shooting five years ago where 32 people were shot and killed on a college campus. another 17 people were shot and survived. the president of virginia tech said today, "we of the greater virginia tech community know from our experience of the unending sorrow and horror that has now descend on the newtown, connecticut community." tim kaine, he said today, "our commonwealth knows too well the pain of senseless gun violence." colin go
he said today from aurora, "our hearts go out to the people of newtown." colorado's senator michael bennet said today, "as coloradans, we know how this type of tragedy can shake a community to its core. we are here for connecticut today." colorado's governor, john hickenlooper, he said, "we know too well what impact this kind of violence has on a community." he said that the first thing he wanted to do today was talk to his counterpart governor in connecticut, dan...
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. >> i was here in the summertime when there was only ten of us in front of that same building when aurora happened. now i'm glad that more are showing up. unfortunately it takes incidents like this to get people organized. >> and demand that they stand down and get out of the way so congress can pass sensible gun control legislation. >> reporter: some have been fighting over this issue for a long time. >> i'm a ville my mother was slain by her ex-husband. i was an eyewitness to that. he then turned the gun on me. fortunately the gun malfunctioned. this is why i'm here today. >> reporter: there are passionate arguments on both sides. a worker nearby heard of demonstrators and showed up to present an opposing view. >> quite frankly i'm tired of the argument only be one-sided when there's a tragedy. there's only one answer and it's more gun control. well, this was a gun-free zone. the truth is if there was one teacher or one principal armed that could have come in and ended the violence. >> the nra has taken down its facebook page and hasn't tweeted since they should. to my request, the na s
. >> i was here in the summertime when there was only ten of us in front of that same building when aurora happened. now i'm glad that more are showing up. unfortunately it takes incidents like this to get people organized. >> and demand that they stand down and get out of the way so congress can pass sensible gun control legislation. >> reporter: some have been fighting over this issue for a long time. >> i'm a ville my mother was slain by her ex-husband. i was an...
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i know firsthand i talked with the victims from the aurora tragedy. to a person, they all say if there were another person armed, it would have led to more carnage. excuse me. i let you talk, let me finish. let me finish. if every one of the cases they say if there were more guns, it would have only led to more chaos. at the empire building shooting in new york. there were highly trained officers in the chaos and eight other people shot and every one was an innocent civilian and every one was shot by a law enforcement officer. >> we have the attorney for the responsible gun owners. you believe that there should be more guns in schools. snart? >> i believe those of us who are licensed to carry are responsible people and shouldn't be prohibited from carrying in schools or other places. in fact, the michigan legislature passed a bill last night and sent to the government for signature a bill that would allow those of us who are licensed to take more day of training including range time and be able to carry in the places where we couldn't carry before. >>
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he is a survivor of the shooting in aurora, colorado. steven, thank you so much. what are the chances? you live literally just down the road from here, right? >> i never in a million years thought gun violence would affect the community i grew up in. >> unbelievable. let's talk a little bit about what you thought and what you felt when you heard about what happened here. >> i mean at first i heard the preliminary reports that maybe one, one or two people have been killed, and then all of a sudden i heard it was 25, 26, 27, and i, frankly, couldn't believe it. i don't think i could believe it now despite the fact that we're sitting here. it's just -- i can't imagine this happening. >> you have sadly a unique perspective what it is like to be in the middle of something so horrific. can you even put into words what it is like? >> it's -- it's really hard to understand. it's something i'm still trying to come to terms with and that i'm sure the people who have been affected in this shooting will take a long time to come to terms with. it's just -- it defies belief. >>
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there seems to be a pattern with aurora and the shopping mall shooting last week. young men in their early 20s suddenly flipping and getting ahold of weapons and causing outrages. what is driving them? what is the possible background to what is going on here? >> working on a lot of these cases, there are a number of different causes that can be divided into two broad categories. one category is people who have that trait of a loss of empathy and inability to connect to other people and a history of cruelty or what people talk about as sociopaths or antisocial personality. at the other end people with brain disorders and serious mental illnesses that are untreated or because of what's happening in their life, exacerbated by stress. it sounds like the little bit that is coming out, we are more in a direction that this is someone with a brain disorder and other parts of the story that it may take years to uncover what triggered this. there is nothing sudden about any of these stories. that's the headline for me. it's sudden for us that this happened. as you begin to u
there seems to be a pattern with aurora and the shopping mall shooting last week. young men in their early 20s suddenly flipping and getting ahold of weapons and causing outrages. what is driving them? what is the possible background to what is going on here? >> working on a lot of these cases, there are a number of different causes that can be divided into two broad categories. one category is people who have that trait of a loss of empathy and inability to connect to other people and a...
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we had a baby killed in the aurora theater. and this is sort of horrific beyond imagination because there's so many young people. we've heard this before. and there is -- you know, there are people saying wait a minute, can we not do anything just as a knee-jerk reaction, we need to think this through. >> the tipping point on these issues whether it's taking on assault weapons or providing more comprehensive mental health or addressing the sort of culture of violence that prompts somebody to do something like this, the tipping point should have happened a long time ago. if this is the tipping point, then we're going to go down to washington and prompt a conversation that's long overdue. you know, a young man grabbed us in his church we were in sobbing saying, don't let this happen again. i think our job here is to not set expectations too high, right. this is complicated. and so we can't solve it with legislation. there are certainly going to be lessons learned. >> isn't that in the end sort of balance you have to take, in that
we had a baby killed in the aurora theater. and this is sort of horrific beyond imagination because there's so many young people. we've heard this before. and there is -- you know, there are people saying wait a minute, can we not do anything just as a knee-jerk reaction, we need to think this through. >> the tipping point on these issues whether it's taking on assault weapons or providing more comprehensive mental health or addressing the sort of culture of violence that prompts somebody...
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after columbine and aurora, colorado, movie theater shootings. even parents used to dealing with troubled children have no answers. >> i'm the mother of a mentally ill son. >> reporter: liza is writing about her own experiences went viral after the connecticut shootings. a byproduct of a country desperate for insight into the mentally unstable. >> i love my son but he terrifies me. >> reporter: according to the child mind institute in new york less than half of the 15 million children and teens with a psychiatric disorder get any kind of professional help. to that point, there was no official mental health diagnosis for adam lanza. there is no known record of psychiatric care for him. most are not prone to violence. but once stumbling block to care is stigma. >> in the united states, we treat diseases from the neck up differently than we do the rest of the body. >> reporter: then there's lack of access to qualified child psychiatric care. something most schools are not equipped to handle. >> many parents who are struggling with children who have
after columbine and aurora, colorado, movie theater shootings. even parents used to dealing with troubled children have no answers. >> i'm the mother of a mentally ill son. >> reporter: liza is writing about her own experiences went viral after the connecticut shootings. a byproduct of a country desperate for insight into the mentally unstable. >> i love my son but he terrifies me. >> reporter: according to the child mind institute in new york less than half of the 15...
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. >> look at the aurora movie theater for example. several theaters showing the "batman" movie within a 20-minute drive. only one of those banned guns. he didn't go close toast his home or with the largest screen. he went to the one movie theater that banned guns. if you look at bans generally, you can't point to a place, chicago, d.c. where we ban guns and murder rates and violent crimes went up. in the uk in jamaica and ireland, island nations that banned guns, you can't find a place where murder rates have gone down. they have gone up usually by large amounts. >> you cannot find a place -- >> let me bring in. >> first of all, basically every statistic that john cited is pure bunk in terms of the fact that the more guns equal -- that's true. they were gun-free zones, but attributing that to the fact that this violence occurred, that's where i have to step in. listen, my brother was shot in a shooting on top of the empire state building which was chaotic. i know firsthand. i talked with the victims from the aurora tragedy. to a perso
. >> look at the aurora movie theater for example. several theaters showing the "batman" movie within a 20-minute drive. only one of those banned guns. he didn't go close toast his home or with the largest screen. he went to the one movie theater that banned guns. if you look at bans generally, you can't point to a place, chicago, d.c. where we ban guns and murder rates and violent crimes went up. in the uk in jamaica and ireland, island nations that banned guns, you can't find...
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. >> aurora, virginia tech, oak creek. we hear from those who have lost the most. >> from the global resources of abc news with terry moran, cynthia mcfadden and bill weir in new york city. this is a special edition of "nightline." tragedy at sandy hook. the search for solutions. >> good evening. i'm cynthia mcfadden. at 9:30 this morning, church bells across america rang out in a moment of national silence. one chime for each victim of the tragedy that struck newtown, connecticut, one week ago. yet even as this nation comes together to mourn, we remain deeply divided. all weeknight line has dedicated our broadcast to examining the complex relationship between america and its guns. tonight the most divisive day yet. here's my coanchor, terry moran. >> reporter: in newtown this morning, silence, one week after the children screaming and the madman shooting. sigh length across the country. silence in the oval office. and that ancient marker of mourning and remembrance, church bells. [ bells tolling ] >> reporter: the pain is
. >> aurora, virginia tech, oak creek. we hear from those who have lost the most. >> from the global resources of abc news with terry moran, cynthia mcfadden and bill weir in new york city. this is a special edition of "nightline." tragedy at sandy hook. the search for solutions. >> good evening. i'm cynthia mcfadden. at 9:30 this morning, church bells across america rang out in a moment of national silence. one chime for each victim of the tragedy that struck...
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he said this before today's events and in reference to the aurora theater massacre. but when you have a western governor who says something like this it's going to add fuel to the whole gun control debate. >> pelley: barry, thanks very much. here in newtown, the community tonight is remembering the victims of the deadly shooting at sandy hook elementary school. a candlelight vigil is being held at st. rosa's catholic church to begin the healing process. some of the victims were part of you're on timeout leo! some things won't last 25 years. ah! woof! some things will. some things won't last 25 years. ah! woof! some things will. newtown, connecticut, president obama speaking for the nation about what happened here n her home. we had planned to end the week with one of those wonderful stories from steve hartman about a third grader in denver who is fascinated by dinosaurs. a little kid with big dreams-- just like the children who died today. steve, the father of a four-year-old, has some thoughts tonight about this tragedy. >> reporter: i haven't been able to watch the
he said this before today's events and in reference to the aurora theater massacre. but when you have a western governor who says something like this it's going to add fuel to the whole gun control debate. >> pelley: barry, thanks very much. here in newtown, the community tonight is remembering the victims of the deadly shooting at sandy hook elementary school. a candlelight vigil is being held at st. rosa's catholic church to begin the healing process. some of the victims were part of...
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the theater in aurora had a sign that said no firearms allowed. if you look at these mass shootings, where do they happen? >> in school zones. in movie theaters, doesn't that make an alarm bell? >> until 2004, following the ban on the assault weapons, there was a ban and now there isn't. why do you feel comfortable in allowing young people who may or may not be deranged to have such easy access to assault weapons. there wasn't a ban on new producti production. in the year where they discussed danning them. people wanted them for self protection before they were banned. all the ban did was put the guns on the street. what was the effect no fire arms at all. fire arms are bad. this past year you have a 35% increase of crime. >> do you now how many people got murdered with guns in brin tain? >> how many? >> let me give you, you are keen on facts, again, can you stop talking? let me interrupt. >> why don't you look at both sides. >> you said there is a massive surge in gun crime in britain. >> in the last four or five years you averaged 340 million pe
the theater in aurora had a sign that said no firearms allowed. if you look at these mass shootings, where do they happen? >> in school zones. in movie theaters, doesn't that make an alarm bell? >> until 2004, following the ban on the assault weapons, there was a ban and now there isn't. why do you feel comfortable in allowing young people who may or may not be deranged to have such easy access to assault weapons. there wasn't a ban on new producti production. in the year where they...
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when aurora happened it was nobody can talk about gun control in this day. that's inappropriate and the gun control lobby continued to stand down and the nra controls the whole discussion, and now gun control people are starting to say, no, today is an important day to speak up. we must speak up now and a valuable tweet looking forward to national time to talk about national gun control day which is always tomorrow. at some point it's got to be today. >> here is what the president said. we are going to have to come together and take action. the president said that. >> on this day. that matters. >> because? >> because now is a time to talk about it. if we can't talk about it now, when do we talk about it? we talked about that brilliant jon stewart piece the other day. when we're having these shootings, then it's inappropriate to talk about it. of course, the gun rights lobby wants it to be inappropriate on their most embarrassing day. when do we talk about it? that one day when the nypd says there's no shootings today. then it doesn't seem important to talk a
when aurora happened it was nobody can talk about gun control in this day. that's inappropriate and the gun control lobby continued to stand down and the nra controls the whole discussion, and now gun control people are starting to say, no, today is an important day to speak up. we must speak up now and a valuable tweet looking forward to national time to talk about national gun control day which is always tomorrow. at some point it's got to be today. >> here is what the president said....
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when you look at what happened in aurora, the governor said, a great deal of that damage was from the large magazine on the ar-15 rifle. i think we need to have that discussion and say, where is this appropriate? joining any now is the governor of colorado, john hickenlooper. thank you for joining us today. i think that things are so fresh here in connecticut, but you have been dealing for several months with the aftermath of what happened in aurora. i wonder if you have -- if i am misinterpreting you or interpreting you correctly that maybe you have some slight evolution on what ought to be done in terms of laws involving guns or ammunitions. >> first, let me just say that, the heart of every person in colorado goes out to every person in connecticut. watching governor malloy navigate, and i think done a remarkable job, but we would -- you know, our hearts are breaking there for them. we know exactly how they feel. we've been collecting and even as they struggle to process this we've had that distance since the shooting in aurora. i've really tried to look at what are the things that
when you look at what happened in aurora, the governor said, a great deal of that damage was from the large magazine on the ar-15 rifle. i think we need to have that discussion and say, where is this appropriate? joining any now is the governor of colorado, john hickenlooper. thank you for joining us today. i think that things are so fresh here in connecticut, but you have been dealing for several months with the aftermath of what happened in aurora. i wonder if you have -- if i am...
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my son was killed in the aurora theater shooting. >> my son was 27 and he died in the aurora on july 20. in addition, he saved his girlfriend. >> my name is karen. my son was killed in the aurora the shooting in july. he was 24 years old and he saved his girlfriend. >> my name is jessica. my cousin was 26 to shoulder jonathan -- 26-year-old jonathan that was killed in aurora. >> our daughter jessica was killed and aurora on july 20 of this year. >> my sister was in the aurora shooting and she was 23 years old. i am her cousin. today with my wife in memory of our 19-year-old daughter who lost a life in the rampage shooting 12 years ago in nevada city, california. >> i am here today on behalf of my family in memory of my mother who was shot and killed in 2005 on memorial day in thousand oaks, california. >> my name is geraldine hill. my sister was killed off duty in michigan in october of 1994. >> i am here because my son was murdered may 10, 2007, in crowded ellealibi, on a bus. >> my sister was a freshman at virginia tech. she was only 18 years old. >> my father was a professor and t
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from the campus of virginia tech, your alma mater, to a manufacture theater in aurora, colorado, or a shopping mall in happy valley, oregon. mroo whether it's stricter gun laws or better mental health care, what can we do to make sure things like this don't happen? lisa belkin is a senior columnist at the huffington post and jeff is a clinical psychologist. hi. >> welcome to you both. >> good morning. >> this is one of those things where people -- this is the first real -- at least in a long time, debate about gun control because when you hear about all this stuff -- >> since columbine. >> people want to know what they can do. >> even columbine, it was more a discussion about bullying and government culture and video games. i think this is one parents can't hide from. there's nothing we can say that says that could never happen to me because. everybody -- so i think that may just make this the moment that we're actually going to have to do something. >> maybe some good can come from this. >> that's exactly what i'm seeing, but it is bringing up a lot of issues for parents who are deal
from the campus of virginia tech, your alma mater, to a manufacture theater in aurora, colorado, or a shopping mall in happy valley, oregon. mroo whether it's stricter gun laws or better mental health care, what can we do to make sure things like this don't happen? lisa belkin is a senior columnist at the huffington post and jeff is a clinical psychologist. hi. >> welcome to you both. >> good morning. >> this is one of those things where people -- this is the first real -- at...
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james holmes is accused of injuring 58 others in the aurora theater shooting. he was wuonce a student at the university of colorado. university officials raised safety concerns when police identified holmes as the shooter. one e-mail stated holmes had a brief relationship with a graduate student but was not dating her at the time of the shootings. documents also noted that holmes signed his e-mails cheers, james holmes. >>> the family of a man pushed off a new york city subway platform is speaking out for the first time. officers say the men got into an argument on a subway platform, then davis shoved hahn on to the traffic. she says she doesn't blame bystanders for not saving her father. >> yeah, the thought of someone helping him up in a matter of seconds would have been great, but yeah, like i said, what happened has happened. >> detectives said davis made statements that implicated himself for the crime during question. >>> this morning, software founder john mcafee is in police custody in guatemala. authorities arrested him for entering the country illegal
james holmes is accused of injuring 58 others in the aurora theater shooting. he was wuonce a student at the university of colorado. university officials raised safety concerns when police identified holmes as the shooter. one e-mail stated holmes had a brief relationship with a graduate student but was not dating her at the time of the shootings. documents also noted that holmes signed his e-mails cheers, james holmes. >>> the family of a man pushed off a new york city subway platform...
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this history -- aurora. obviously, what happened to gabby giffords, out of school context, but gun violence has been epidemic in this country going back for decades and we go through temporary periods after the reagan assassination attempt and after, you know, several of these other incidents where we have an assault weapon ban and then it is permitted to expire. >> we know the contours of this debate, and it will get heated after an appropriate period of mourning and absorb this tragedy, but it is worth adding all sides of the debate. we don't know what the motive is here. we don't know more about the shooter. we don't know about the weapon involved. we know this is another horrifying case of gun violence. >> here we have hundreds of children in an elementary school. children age 5 to 10 years old. here is one of the children after this morning's terrible incident, which apparently started around 9:30 when the kids were all in -- >> i was -- i went in the hall when, like, everybody heard the bullets. >> yea
this history -- aurora. obviously, what happened to gabby giffords, out of school context, but gun violence has been epidemic in this country going back for decades and we go through temporary periods after the reagan assassination attempt and after, you know, several of these other incidents where we have an assault weapon ban and then it is permitted to expire. >> we know the contours of this debate, and it will get heated after an appropriate period of mourning and absorb this tragedy,...
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and the shooter in the aurora theater had a clip with 100 rounds of ammunition. that's why he was able to shoot up that whole theater in two or three minutes. and there were military personnel in there. if he had just been -- if he had had to stop, they could have tackled him. they could have taken him out. >> the reason he didn't have to stop, governor, is because he had those hundred-round clips. and let's not forget, governor, in newtown one of those kids had 11 bullets in him. we're talking about some unbelievable things here. >> unbelievable evil. you're absolutely right. one of the points the congresswoman made and we should remember this is in aurora although the majority of the victims were adults, there were two 6-year-old and 7-year-old and there was one 6-month-old baby. 6-month-old baby that got killed. so this isn't the first time we've lost our kids. >> when does it end? >> when does it stop? >> and when is the legislative response? the reason i was happy to have you on tonight, congresswoman, is we can't just shake our heads and say something's got
and the shooter in the aurora theater had a clip with 100 rounds of ammunition. that's why he was able to shoot up that whole theater in two or three minutes. and there were military personnel in there. if he had just been -- if he had had to stop, they could have tackled him. they could have taken him out. >> the reason he didn't have to stop, governor, is because he had those hundred-round clips. and let's not forget, governor, in newtown one of those kids had 11 bullets in him. we're...
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in aurora that is right next to my district and unfortunately i have columbine in my district. the shooter had a 100-round cartridge. the only purpose of these cartridges is to kill people. we think we can come together in a bipartisan way and show americans that we recognize there is an issue here that we know we need to work indepth on comprehensive legislation. this is something that we can do right now. >> what is incredible, the mere fact that we are discussing this, i want to play sound from gun shop owners. the mere that that there is a discussion on what to do next with reasonable and common sense gun laws. let me play what they said is happening. a gun on guns in certain states. >> people feel insecure about the surroundings and the future are purchasing weapons. >> wanting to take care of themselves and their safety and the safety their families. >> in your state gun sales reached a peek after the aurora shootings and a record number of people tried to give background checks and a 41% increase in people wanting to at least purchase a weapon. what does the nra need to
in aurora that is right next to my district and unfortunately i have columbine in my district. the shooter had a 100-round cartridge. the only purpose of these cartridges is to kill people. we think we can come together in a bipartisan way and show americans that we recognize there is an issue here that we know we need to work indepth on comprehensive legislation. this is something that we can do right now. >> what is incredible, the mere fact that we are discussing this, i want to play...
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my son was killed in the aurora theater shooting. >> my son was 27 and he died in the aurora on july 20. in addition, he saved his girlfriend. >> my name is karen. my son was killed in the aurora the shooting in july. he was 24 years old and he saved his girlfriend. >> my name is jessica. my cousin was 26-year-old jonathan that was killed in aurora. >> our daughter jessica was killed and aurora on july 20 of this year. >> my sister was in the aurora shooting and she was 23 years old. >> i am her cousin. >> i'm here today with my wife in memory of our 19-year-old daughter who lost a life in the rampage shooting 12 years ago in nevada city, california. >> i am here today on behalf of my family in memory of my mother who was shot and killed in 2005 on memorial day in thousand oaks, california. >> my name is geraldine hill. my sister was killed off duty in michigan in october of 1994. >> i am here because my son was murdered may 10, 2007, in chicago, illinois, on a crowded bus. >> my sister was a freshman at virginia tech. she was only 18 years old. >> my father was a professor and taugh
my son was killed in the aurora theater shooting. >> my son was 27 and he died in the aurora on july 20. in addition, he saved his girlfriend. >> my name is karen. my son was killed in the aurora the shooting in july. he was 24 years old and he saved his girlfriend. >> my name is jessica. my cousin was 26-year-old jonathan that was killed in aurora. >> our daughter jessica was killed and aurora on july 20 of this year. >> my sister was in the aurora shooting and...
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last summer it was aurora, colorado. last year it was tucson, arizona, and in 2009 ft. hood, texas. so this is not the first time the president has had to serve in this role as comforter in chief and helping a community heal. >> and, again, still in with those families and first responders. kristen welker, thank you so much for taking the time to talk to us. >> reporter: thanks, chris. >> let's go to miguel almaguer who's at the sandy hook firehouse. he's been responding to the first responders. good evening, miguel. >> reporter: good evening, chris. the first respoernlds were at the school moments after the 911 call came in. it took them just minutes to make their way into the school. of course, they saw the most horrific things that any human could see. some of the first responders said this was, of course, a difficult tragedy because of the large number of children that were involved in it. of course, many of these first responders knew these children, they had kids who were their
last summer it was aurora, colorado. last year it was tucson, arizona, and in 2009 ft. hood, texas. so this is not the first time the president has had to serve in this role as comforter in chief and helping a community heal. >> and, again, still in with those families and first responders. kristen welker, thank you so much for taking the time to talk to us. >> reporter: thanks, chris. >> let's go to miguel almaguer who's at the sandy hook firehouse. he's been responding to...
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. >> aurora, colorado 9 miles east of denver where there's a mass shooting at a movie theater. >> they same james holmes donned protective gear, through tear gas and fired. in the end 12 killed, 58 others wounded. holmes faces 152 charges. many victims continue to recover while others will never recover the loss they suffered that night. and number one -- >> unimaginable horror grips the
. >> aurora, colorado 9 miles east of denver where there's a mass shooting at a movie theater. >> they same james holmes donned protective gear, through tear gas and fired. in the end 12 killed, 58 others wounded. holmes faces 152 charges. many victims continue to recover while others will never recover the loss they suffered that night. and number one -- >> unimaginable horror grips the
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you know, aurora. we talked about it briefly. you know. we had the mall shooting earlier this week outside of portland. gabby giffords, lot of folks suspected after that, there would be some sort of legislation introduced. there was not. this time around, is it going to be different politically because the victims, the -- lion share of the victims are between the ages of 5 and 10? >> this is the second deadliest shooting in u.s. history. because that this has happened so often you have a lot of anger from people, why does this not change? we have this conversation for five minutes and then it dies. this may not be a fight they can win. a lot of the political calculus has not changed. but i do think you hear a lot more anger ask a lot mo determination and you have people like mike bloomberg really saying that they are going to push baemd. they are not going to let him get away with paying lip service as he has done in the past and as he has done so far. >> the national rifle association. we have been talking about them in passing the last 2
you know, aurora. we talked about it briefly. you know. we had the mall shooting earlier this week outside of portland. gabby giffords, lot of folks suspected after that, there would be some sort of legislation introduced. there was not. this time around, is it going to be different politically because the victims, the -- lion share of the victims are between the ages of 5 and 10? >> this is the second deadliest shooting in u.s. history. because that this has happened so often you have a...
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if you remember after the shooting in aurora there was a vigil in aurora, colorado and every time somebody's name was read, one of the victim's name was read, the crowd said back we will remember. and so with that in mind tonight, i thought we'd take a few moments to read you the names of each and every fallen child and grown-up and tell you what we can about their lives. charlotte bacon. was 6 years old. we will remember her. she was wearing a new pink dress and boots, a holiday outfit. charlotte begged her mom to wear it to school that day. her big brother was also at school that day but we're told he made it to safety. her uncle says she could light up a room. we'll also remember daniel barden, 7 years old, just 7 years old, daniel was a budding athlete. he swam, played soccer, was missing two front teeth. his family called him fearless. we will remember olivia engel as well, just 6 years old. she played tennis and soccer, was a ballet dancer and a patient big sister to her 3-year-old brother. her family said she loved school, colors, pink and purple and was going to be an angel in a nati
if you remember after the shooting in aurora there was a vigil in aurora, colorado and every time somebody's name was read, one of the victim's name was read, the crowd said back we will remember. and so with that in mind tonight, i thought we'd take a few moments to read you the names of each and every fallen child and grown-up and tell you what we can about their lives. charlotte bacon. was 6 years old. we will remember her. she was wearing a new pink dress and boots, a holiday outfit....
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the "new york times" on sunday after the aurora shooting that the justice department went to the white house, i know you educe weren't there then with ways to expand background checks and to go there was a decision not to go assign that far. not to assign blame but politically how hard is it to take on the in ra. to p >> having passed the brady bill assa and the assault ban, the last rea time we really had gun control it is very hard. that's why what you have to access focus on is criminal access and s the type of guns and make it a law enforcement issue. when i worked for president clinton we had all the police pol chiefs in d.c. and that's why also i think now is the proximity to the vote is is ery, very very, very important and i thinkhink it' it's essential to have a vote of conscience, put it up. people know what happened here number one.er two number two is it has to be aboutpeople - people's, the type of criminal access to the type of gun which showed is why you showed earlier the n because type of gun because i think when people see that it's clear that gun is not for the stree
the "new york times" on sunday after the aurora shooting that the justice department went to the white house, i know you educe weren't there then with ways to expand background checks and to go there was a decision not to go assign that far. not to assign blame but politically how hard is it to take on the in ra. to p >> having passed the brady bill assa and the assault ban, the last rea time we really had gun control it is very hard. that's why what you have to access focus on...
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. >> some other cases holmes in aurora disturbed. the entertainment industry there is some statistics about kids will have watched thousands of acts of violence on videos, on games and movies and tv by the time, you know, they are 10. specifically, what kind of thing can we do about that? >> that's why i think we need a national commission. i will tell you i spent enough time on this question of violence in the entertainment culture to reach this conclusion. that the violence in the entertainment culture particularly with the extraordinary realism to video game movies et cetera does cause vulnerable young men, particularly to being more violent it. doesn't make everybody more violent but it's a causative factor in some cases. we have got to ask the entertainment industry what are tone it down. >> chris: pass a law. >> in our society you try to do it voluntarily, you have come to a point to say if not maybe there is some things we can do to tone it down. there is a better rating system now than there used to be on video games and viol
. >> some other cases holmes in aurora disturbed. the entertainment industry there is some statistics about kids will have watched thousands of acts of violence on videos, on games and movies and tv by the time, you know, they are 10. specifically, what kind of thing can we do about that? >> that's why i think we need a national commission. i will tell you i spent enough time on this question of violence in the entertainment culture to reach this conclusion. that the violence in the...
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in aurora, colorado. you said that what we need is more people carrying weapons, so that if a shooter comes into a movie theatre with a gun, somebody can stand up and defend him and defend other people. question: and this is the question dick durbin had... do we really want folks at movie theatres and shopping malls and schools armed? >> once we have this actually open dialogue about the situation, chris, you find out that -- there has been great investigation and study into this. every mass killing of more than three people in recent history has been in a place where guns were prohibited. these -- except for one, they choose this place, they know no one ill be armed. having been a judge and reviewed photographs of these horrific scenes and knowing that children have these defensive wounds, gun shots through their arms and hands as they try to protect themselves, and, hearing the heroic stories of the principal, lunging, trying to protect, chris, i wish to god she had had an m-4 in her office, locked up s
in aurora, colorado. you said that what we need is more people carrying weapons, so that if a shooter comes into a movie theatre with a gun, somebody can stand up and defend him and defend other people. question: and this is the question dick durbin had... do we really want folks at movie theatres and shopping malls and schools armed? >> once we have this actually open dialogue about the situation, chris, you find out that -- there has been great investigation and study into this. every...
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we saw this tucson, aurora. well, there are issues of privacy. civil liberties. if you have very troubled people, and now there's a kind of new confessional in the land called the internet, there's probably a record. this guy probably was saying some of the things that he was thinking to somebody. and we need to get a hold of that ahead of time. >> governor ridge, what is your experience particularly with the virginia tech shooting aftermath? what does it tell you about where we need to start reacting particularly to senator feinstien? >> i think everyone has really focused on a word you used. i think the country needs to have it. let's start with the act and pull back to the actors. there's a profile here. and it was really rather dramatic. the privacy laws insected with the inferior mental health delivery systems. what we know about many of these troubled young men, they often reveal their suicidal intentions. they often reveal their desire to kill. and so there's a -- we talk about mental health generically. but that's not a conversation parents have with coun
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that is never included after the damagety in aurora. why are shows statistics not in almost every article about aurora or any other gun massacre. why isn't there simple context? the press has sort of shied away from it. they don't treat it as any sort of social issue it's a crime issue, everything is a crime issue, a crime scene and 48 hours, we're on to the next one. >> when you look at the congress and you have john boehner as the speaker, is there any hope that he would even consider a gun control or is this the republican party in washington right now? >> i think you have to go about it the right way. you have to build that public support and marshall the public support that already exists and make it clear to leaders like john boehner that in the american public, even among his constituents, his party days, gun owners, that that support for example exists. >> frank luntz i guess the go to guy. the brady bill was perhaps the high point of this effort, so the attempted assassination of a president, and issuing of this press secretary
that is never included after the damagety in aurora. why are shows statistics not in almost every article about aurora or any other gun massacre. why isn't there simple context? the press has sort of shied away from it. they don't treat it as any sort of social issue it's a crime issue, everything is a crime issue, a crime scene and 48 hours, we're on to the next one. >> when you look at the congress and you have john boehner as the speaker, is there any hope that he would even consider a...
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we saw this tucson, aurora. well, there are issues of privacy. civil liberties. if you have very troubled people, and now there's a kind of new confessional in the land called the internet, there's probably a record. this guy probably was saying some of the things that he was thinking to somebody. and we need to get a hold of that ahead of time. >> governor ridge, what is your experience particularly with the virginia tech shooting aftermath? what does it tell you about where we need to start reacting particularly to senator feinstien? >> i think everyone has really focused on a word you used. i think the country needs to have it. let's start with the act and pull back to the actors. there's a profile here. and it was really rather dramatic. the privacy laws insected with the inferior mental health delivery systems. what we know about many of these troubled young men, they often reveal their suicidal intentions. they often reveal their desire to kill. and so there's a -- we talk about mental health generically. but that's not a conversation parents have with coun
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bottom line is, and people say -- the other thing they said after aurora was education. don't i remember that in the solution to all of this is to improve our educational system. i think that came out of both ends of pennsylvania avenue. my recollection is one of these guys was a phd student. another one at virginia tech was an engineering student. come on. this is not a panacea for all of society's problems. but this is one that's easy to focus on. >> so how do you change the leadership dynamic? talk a little bit about your experience in new york where this year remarkably you've got the lowest crime rates since the '60s. >> i don't think it's remarkable because i think we're doing the right things. we have sensible gun laws. we have proactive policing, and we incarcerate people when they are dangers to society with tough punishment. >> there's also some of the searching methods that have been controversial and criticized. >> that's proactive policing. we focus our efforts where there is crime, and we make sure that the people who might commit those crimes know that the
bottom line is, and people say -- the other thing they said after aurora was education. don't i remember that in the solution to all of this is to improve our educational system. i think that came out of both ends of pennsylvania avenue. my recollection is one of these guys was a phd student. another one at virginia tech was an engineering student. come on. this is not a panacea for all of society's problems. but this is one that's easy to focus on. >> so how do you change the leadership...
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the same happened this summer near the aurora, colorado, movie theater. beside columbine high school, a striking permanent memorial was opened in 2007 with names of the dead cut in stone. does this help? >> it does. i think it's a symbol of the healing, and i think of the community coming together. getting behind this. >> reporter: but while the memorial offers healing, each new massacre brings new pain. >> i cannot deny that it brings it back, and that i have to deal with it. i do have to deal with it. >> reporter: even after 13 years. >> after 13 years. this will be for the rest of my life. i know that. >> reporter: for "cbs this morning," john blackstone, little ton, colorado. >> you spent ten years researching the massacre for the book "columbine." i'm pleased to have you here. >> thanks, charlie. >> people are rushing in trying to find motive, asking can, hwh can this happen, we often get it wrong. >> we often get it wrong. after columbine, three days later, we had it figured out. we, the media, public, everyone understand key things. >> you were the
the same happened this summer near the aurora, colorado, movie theater. beside columbine high school, a striking permanent memorial was opened in 2007 with names of the dead cut in stone. does this help? >> it does. i think it's a symbol of the healing, and i think of the community coming together. getting behind this. >> reporter: but while the memorial offers healing, each new massacre brings new pain. >> i cannot deny that it brings it back, and that i have to deal with it....
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this a long time, if a child is 11 or older they've seen 09/11, the two wars and the snipers and the aurora shooting and now this. that's too much. >> it is too much. the realityis that despite the awful nature of this incident, these events are isolated and quite unusual and you want to convey that to your children. open line of communication. millions ofchildren go to school every day and they're safe. the adults in their life are looking out for their safety and parents, don't panic. >> that's easy to say, hard to do. >> doctor, are you going to stay around. >> i am going. >> thank you very much. > . >>> and now maryland's most accurate forecast. >> it's tough to see out there now. the fog has been holding tough and there will be showers mixing in with the fog. it'sgoing the be an ugly night on the road. 46 degrees with 100% relative humidity. that plus no wind is adding up to a foggy situation. you can see that cloud deck descending and then that fog gets thick. unanimouspolice today -- unanimous police not much that you can make out. we see the rain mixing in with the fog, mist. an ugl
this a long time, if a child is 11 or older they've seen 09/11, the two wars and the snipers and the aurora shooting and now this. that's too much. >> it is too much. the realityis that despite the awful nature of this incident, these events are isolated and quite unusual and you want to convey that to your children. open line of communication. millions ofchildren go to school every day and they're safe. the adults in their life are looking out for their safety and parents, don't panic....